Betsy Bligh and Elizabeth Macarthur are left behind to run the colony when their husbands join Reverend Marsden to go in search of the cannibal Mad Dog Fauntleroy.
A Royal visit from the Prince of Wales inspires Bligh to commission a monument to mark the occasion. When a humble dung saleswoman that catches the Prince's eye, the Blighs work to transform her into a suitable bride.
John Macarthur starts the colony's first private school. To prove the value of his own government school education, Bligh accepts Macarthur's challenge to a Tournament of the Minds.
With a deadly plague ravaging the colony, Governor Bligh opens a new public hospital thanks in part to a generous donation by John Macarthur for a well-equipped - private wing.
A historical comedy which follows the life of Captain Bligh after the mutiny of his ship when he arrives in the colonial settlement of Sydney, where he becomes the new Governor.
The arrival of the French during a time of famine creates a crisis when Macarthur sells them his sheep putting Bligh in a bind when he tries to impress the French captain by inviting him to a banquet in hopes of gaining a trade advantage.